Theravada Literature After “Roads Taken and Not Taken”: Reflections on Recent Textual Studies
This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 199-209 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hallisey, Charles 1953-, Roads taken and not taken in the study of Theravāda Buddhism
/ Theravada
/ Buddhist literature
/ Buddhology
/ Scientific culture
/ Comparative literature
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RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion BL Buddhism |
Further subjects: | B
Multilingualism
B Theravada Buddhism B Intellectual History B Pali B vernacular literature |
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Summary: | This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon, to attend to issues of translation, and to examine the local production of meaning. I show how these calls correspond to three recent trends: increased emphasis on non-canonical Pali and vernacular texts; a renewed interest in multilingual texts and the cultures of translation that shaped them; and new models for charting intellectual histories of Theravada Buddhist societies beyond local confines. |
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ISSN: | 1527-6457 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727617 |